Old West Investment Management LLC Invests $5.17 Million in Keysight Technologies Inc. $KEYS

Old West Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 14,775 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,172,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,525,694 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $4,373,806,000 after purchasing an additional 101,856 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 17,419,811 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $3,539,532,000 after buying an additional 85,693 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Keysight Technologies by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,191,895 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,664,511,000 after buying an additional 200,279 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners raised its stake in Keysight Technologies by 3.4% during the third quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,870,268 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $851,525,000 after acquiring an additional 160,728 shares during the period. Finally, Capital World Investors raised its stake in Keysight Technologies by 6.5% during the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 3,940,767 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $800,732,000 after acquiring an additional 240,058 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.58% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have commented on the company. Truist Financial lifted their target price on Keysight Technologies from $310.00 to $376.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on Keysight Technologies from $375.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Keysight Technologies in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $320.00 to $396.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Keysight Technologies from $360.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $371.92.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Keysight Technologies news, Director James Cullen sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.58, for a total transaction of $1,039,740.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 21,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,562,722.18. The trade was a 12.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Satish Dhanasekaran sold 507 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $361.32, for a total value of $183,189.24. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 121,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $43,860,996.12. This trade represents a 0.42% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 5,507 shares of company stock valued at $1,904,669. Company insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Keysight Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE KEYS opened at $358.15 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $333.35 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $312.09. The firm has a market cap of $61.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 58.91, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.22. Keysight Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $152.85 and a 1 year high of $374.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 1.90.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.32 by $0.55. The company had revenue of $1.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.71 billion. Keysight Technologies had a return on equity of 21.58% and a net margin of 17.25%.The firm’s revenue was up 31.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.70 earnings per share. Keysight Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.490 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Keysight Technologies Inc. will post 9.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Keysight Technologies Company Profile

Keysight Technologies is a global provider of electronic design, test, measurement and optimization solutions for communications, electronics and related industries. The company was formed as a corporate spin-off from Agilent Technologies in 2014; its origins trace back to the electronic measurement business that was part of Hewlett‑Packard before Agilent. Keysight develops hardware and software used throughout the product development lifecycle, from design and simulation to prototype validation and manufacturing test.

Keysight’s product portfolio includes electronic test and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, network and spectrum analyzers, signal generators, vector network analyzers and modular PXI-based systems, together with software platforms for simulation, automated test and data analysis.